Celia (1989)


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1h 42min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | May 18, 1989 | Released

Set in mid 1950s Australia, with the fear of communism in the air and the country's farmlands overrun by a plague of rabbits, the film depicts a long hot summer seen through the eyes and over-active imagination of nine year old Celia. Shaken by the death of her beloved Grandmother, Celia finds herself adrift between the cruel games and rituals of childhood and the incomprehensible world of grown-ups. With monstrous creatures stalking her dreams by night, those imagined terrors blur by day with the banal brutality of the adult world and lead to tragic and shocking consequences. Ann Turner's refreshingly unsentimental debut feature is a dark fable of childhood's end. An enthralling film to rank alongside Lord of the Flies, The 400 Blows and Stand By Me.

Director: Ann Turner

Producer: Timothy White Gordon Glenn

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Cast (6 Members)


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Victoria Longley

Alice Tanner

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Nicholas Eadie

Ray Carmichael

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James Newman

Hobyah's Pack

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Rebecca Smart

Celia Carmichael

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Mary-Anne Fahey

Pat Carmichael

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Margaret Ricketts

Grandmother

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Ann Turner

Director

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Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

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Ian Pringle

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Timothy White

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Ken Sallows

Editor

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Bryce Menzies

Executive Producer

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Chris Neal

Original Music Composer

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Peta Lawson

Production Design

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Rose Chong

Costume Design

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Gordon Glenn

Producer

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